Notes from the Dome: Pipeline plans and nomination questions

You know an election is approaching when parties ramp up their own plans to address issues affecting Albertans, and slam the government.
Take a Thursday press release by Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel, in which he proposed a “holistic” approach to solve the pipeline crisis.
In a nutshell, his party has proposed an “active engagement process” with Indigenous proponents, a $2 surtax on every barrel of foreign oil imported from countries without Canada’s envi